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01/30/02
Maryam (2002)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:26
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Opening with a montage of news footage of the Islamic revolution in Iran and the exile of the Shah, set to The Cars' "Good Times Roll," MARYAM depicts the patriotic fervor and anti-Iranian... [More]
Starring: Mariam Parris, Shaun Toub, David Ackert, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Director: Ramin Serry
Reviews for Maryam
A searing reminder of the relevance of recent history and of the timeless power of fiction to humanize people and crystallize sweeping events into personal drama.
07/20/02
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12/06/05
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04/05/03
This movie may not have the highest production values you've ever seen, but it's the work of an artist, one whose view of America, history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep.
03/02/02
It's a very sincere work, but it would be better as a diary or documentary.
07/19/02
High on melodrama. But it's emotionally engrossing, too, thanks to strong, credible performances from the whole cast.
07/26/02
Most impressive, though, is the film's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters' emotional wounds.
02/10/02
[Serry] wants to blend politics and drama, an admirable ambition. It's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one.
02/22/02
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08/12/05
A quietly moving look back at what it was to be Iranian-American in 1979.
07/19/02
The picture would be better suited to public television, where its modest character will be more at home and its didacticism perhaps less blatant.
04/11/02
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01/30/02
A film with contemporary political resonance illustrated by a winning family story.
02/12/02
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10/21/02
It takes this never-ending confusion and hatred, puts a human face on it, evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding.
06/10/02
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03/05/02
A lack of thesis makes Maryam, in the end, play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special.
03/15/02
It is enthralling and evocative, despite some flaws.
06/07/02
What makes this film special is Serry's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context.
02/22/02
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